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+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
+// This tests that AsyncResource throws an error if bad parameters are passed
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const AsyncResource = require('async_hooks').AsyncResource;
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  return new AsyncResource();
+}, /^TypeError: type must be a string with length > 0$/);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  new AsyncResource('');
+}, /^TypeError: type must be a string with length > 0$/);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  new AsyncResource('type', -4);
+}, /^RangeError: triggerId must be an unsigned integer$/);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  new AsyncResource('type', Math.PI);
+}, /^RangeError: triggerId must be an unsigned integer$/);